December 22, 2022

Music City will see countless New Year’s Eve celebrations of all sizes, with the biggest celebration set to take over Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park.

The free five-hour event will see fireworks, the Music Note Drop and live performances from some of music’s biggest stars including Jason Aldean, Jimmie Allen, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, King Calaway, Sheryl Crow, Flo-Rida, Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn,

Little Big Town, the Zac Brown Band, Riley Green, Elle King, Ashley McBryde, Steve Miller, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson, and The War And Treaty.

New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31.

Attendees are encouraged to plan their trip ahead of time, including reviewing transportation and parking options, the event schedule and map, as well

on July 16, 2022.

Rep. Mark Green messaged Mark Meadows about efforts to overturn 2020 election

BY MATT MASTERS

Tennessee’s Rep. Mark Green — whose 7th Congressional District now includes parts of Nashville thanks to Republicanled gerrymandering — was in direct communication with then-Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about overturning the 2020 presidential election.

Talking Points Memo issued a story on Monday with the headline “Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members of Congress About Plans to Overturn The 2020 Election,” which is part of a larger series —

“The Meadows Texts: A Plot to Overturn an American Election.” Included in the story are text messages, as uncovered by the Jan. 6 Select Committee, between Meadows and lawmakers that occurred following the 2020 general election and surrounding the events of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

According to TPM, Green sent the following text to Meadows, followed by a link to a Newsmax segment theorizing how the election could be turned to thenPresident Donald Trump’s favor:

TDOT to suspend lane closures during Christmas and New Year’s holidays

STAFF REPORTS

The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all lane closures on state highways and interstates during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays in anticipation of higher traffic volumes across

the state.

All temporary construction-related lane closures will be stopped beginning at 6 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 23, through 6 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.

According to a TDOT news release, AAA expects an estimated 2.6 million Tennesseans to travel between December 23 and January 2 with most of them driving.

“With so many people expected to travel

Tennessee roadways during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, keeping traffic moving and getting everyone to their destinations safely is our top priority,” TDOT Commissioner

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7th Congressional District Rep. Mark Green speaks at the 2022 Williamson County Reagan Day Gala

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as rules for the event, all of which can be found on visitmusiccity.com/newyearseve.

Attendees can also keep up to date with live safety alerts by following Metro Nashville Police Department and Metro Nashville Government social media accounts.

For those who would rather celebrate the holiday away from the crowds, the event will air live on CBS, with hosts Jimmie Allen,

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Butch Eley said. “As always, please wear your seatbelt, reduce your speed, avoid distractions, and never drink and drive.”

However, workers may be on-site in some construction zones, and long-term lane closures will also remain in place on some construction projects.

TDOT asks motorists to continue to drive safely and obey the posted speeds, especially in work zones.

Drivers convicted of speeding in work

Elle King and Rachel Smith.

The live television and online streaming broadcast will air beginning at 7 p.m. Central.

Paramount+ Premium subscribers will have access to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service as well as on-demand, while Essential-tier subscribers will have access to on-demand the day after the special airs.

zones where workers are present face a fine of up to $500, plus court fees and possible increased insurance premiums.

Get the latest construction activity and live streaming SmartWay traffic cameras from your desktop or mobile device here.

Travelers can also dial 511 from any landline or cellular phone for travel information or follow TDOT on Twitter.

Ogles faces possible campaign finance audit

BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT

agency also said that Ogles appears to have accepted some contributions above the legal limit.

Ogles in November was elected to represent the redrawn 5th Congressional District, long held by Democrat Jim Cooper and comprised primarily of Davidson County. During redistricting, Tennessee Republicans split Nashville into three congressional districts, leading Cooper to retire.

Ogles, former Maury County mayor and an anti-tax lobbyist, won a competitive Republican primary and faced state Sen. Heidi Campbell (D-Nashville) in the general election. His campaign struggled to properly file campaign finance reports throughout the campaign, including by missing one key report deadline.

U.S. Rep.-elect Andy Ogles is facing either possible enforcement action or a campaign finance audit following a recent warning from the Federal Election Commission, Tennessee Lookout reports.

The FEC told Ogles campaign treasurer Thomas Datwyler earlier this month that the campaign’s finance reports included incorrect information and failed to disclose required information about certain donations. The

Main Street Nashville has reported extensively on Ogles’ campaign finance issues. Ogles hired Datwyler as campaign treasurer shortly after a super PAC controlled by Datwyler spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Ogles’ behalf, raising questions of coordination, Main Street reported.

“Clearly there is no coordination between the two,” Ogles said on election night, according to Main Street.

Ogles’ previous treasurer, Lee Beaman, established a separate super PAC that spent tens of thousands of dollars on Ogles’ behalf. This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

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Andy Ogles

“Dick Morris is saying State Leg can intervene and declare Trump winner.?NC, PA, MI, WI all have GOP Leg. ?”

TPM reports that the text log did not include responses from Meadows to Green.

Green’s office did not dispute the authenticity of the message, with spokesperson Rachel del Guidice telling TPM, “Congressman Green was passing along what constituents were sending him to keep the White House informed on the sentiments of his constituents,” and that, “He wasn’t advocating for any specific course of action.”

The News reached out to del Guidice for additional comment, though no response was received in time for publication.

Other members of Congress named in the story include South Carolina’s Rep. Ralph Norman. According to TPM, Norman sent a message to Meadows three days before President Joe Biden was set to take office, calling on Trump to declare martial law to remain in power.

On Dec. 30, 2020, Green’s office issued a press release reading in part, “On behalf of my constituents in Tennessee’s 7th District who sent me to Washington to be their voice, I will be supportive of an objection on January 6.”

On Jan. 6, 2021, his office released a statement reading in part: “Since

the election, I’ve heard from countless Tennesseans who have serious doubts about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. Here in the United States, the right of citizens to elect their leaders is the bedrock of our exceptional nation. Any single illegal vote counted means another American’s vote has been disenfranchised.”

This comment came the same day thousands of people stormed the United States Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election, resulting in the hundreds of injuries and several deaths. More than a dozen Tennesseans were arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 Insurrection, including a former Williamson County Sheriff’s Office deputy in training.

Green was not alone in falsely questioning the results of the 2020 election, which saw no evidence of widespread voter fraud, with similar stances coming from Tennessee’s U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty. Other local Republican leaders and Trump supporters held numerous “Stop the Steal” rallies leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Last month, former acting U.S. Attorney in Nashville Jack Smith was named by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland as special counsel overseeing criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump.

This story also ran in our sister publication the Nashville Scene.

Tennesseans deserve better!

BY BILL FREEMAN

of carpool lanes into toll lanes. But instead of saying they are creating toll lanes where Tennesseans will pay to use the lanes, they are calling them “choice” lanes. The administration claims the “choice” lanes could allow drivers the “choice” to speed by regular traffic when they are in a hurry.

Some folks may be in favor of “choice” lanes, believing them to create a faster lane, particularly in rush-hour traffic. But this seems off, doesn’t it?

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Tennessee faces … a $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion yearly shortfall in infrastructure expenses, according to studies by TDOT and the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,” reported The Tennessean on Dec. 15. “Projected road costs far exceed revenues generated by the various fuel taxes in place in Tennessee, the primary way the state funds highway projects.”

As a potential strategy to address this problem, Gov. Bill Lee and his administration are discussing the conversion

The same Dec. 15 Tennessean article quotes Tony Dutzik, “a senior policy analyst, focused on transportation and energy with the Frontier Group,” which is “part of the Public Interest Network, a liberal-leaning, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization.” “Tolls provide people with an option in the short run, but what transportation researchers have found is people adapt to traffic,” said Dutzik. “The minute the congestion begins to ease up on the highway, people begin to shift their patterns, and it causes traffic to reemerge, and often it doesn’t help but just causes bottlenecks to move to different points.”

Tennessee Lookout’s Holly McCall recently wrote a piece titled “In Gov. Bill Lee’s Tennessee, ‘choice’ means you have no choice.” Writes McCall: “Tennessee’s lawmakers believe in choice, alright: They choose when you can have a choice about your health care, your kids’ education and

now, if they are successful, how and where you drive.” McCall, who is from Chicago, has experience with toll roads. She writes: “The choice you get with toll roads [is] to pay the toll or to get fined if you don’t. If you are averse to forking out cash to drive on a public highway you already support through taxes, you have the choice to meander along rural back roads on out-ofthe-way routes to your destination.” McCall adds that “some high-priced, outsourced marketing firm” likely told the governor that “the word ‘choice’ sells better than ‘toll roads.’ ”

A good spin on negative news can sometimes change the way that news is received. A blog post about positive spin on Grammarly.com recommends presenting solutions instead of problems — to “state what you want, not what you don’t.” I believe the governor and his administration have followed similar advice in replacing the word “toll” with the word “choice.” Except in this case, they’re stating what they think Tennesseans want. The implication is that Tennesseans will have a “choice” regarding using traffic lanes — so that’s what they’re saying, rather than that we will have to pay a toll.

McCall also points out that Gov. Lee and his administration use the word “choice” in other less-than-stellar ways. She notes that the term “school choice” “has become

shorthand for ‘charter schools,’ a passion of Lee’s.” But “his idea of ‘choice schools’ may be the Hillsdale College-backed charter schools pushed by Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, who opined earlier this year that teachers “come from the [dumbest] parts of the [dumbest] colleges.’ ” McCall further fumed that when it comes to reproductive health care, the word “choice” in Tennessee does not apply since the implementation of Tennessee’s “trigger law,” which took effect 30 days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal abortion protections laid out by Roe v. Wade.

When hearing the word “choice” from Tennessee lawmakers, perhaps we need to be skeptical. In most instances “choice” is a tremendous thing — but when the word is bandied about to make us feel better about negative information, it’s not so tremendous. I’m with McCall, who writes that she would “prefer lawmakers who would shoot straight about our options and lack of them.”

Because I believe that as Tennesseans, that’s the least we deserve.

Bill Freeman

Bill Freeman is the owner of FW Publishing, the publishing company that produces the Nashville Scene, Nfocus, the Nashville Post and The News.

CDC grants $10.5M to Metro Public Health Department

BY HANNAH HERNER

The Metro Public Health Department will receive more than $10.5 million over the next five years from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The money will be used across 14 different bureaus and divisions within MPHD, according to a press release, though priorities include modernizing data collection and analysis and paying for certification and licensing for certain employees. The funds will also bring the organization’s existing community health worker program, a partnership with Siloam Health and Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, under MPHD funding.

“The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted several key areas where MPHD’s infrastructure needed to be strengthened,” said MPHD Director of Health Dr. Gill Wright. “This grant will allow us to better invest in our current employees while ensuring the needs of the public health workforce of the future will be met.”

Metro Public Health Department

spokesperson Matthew Peters said the funding will be used mostly for behindthe-scenes workforce development at the organization but will include a few new hires. The Health Equity Bureau formed in October 2021 in response to COVID health inequities played an integral part in securing the grant, Peters said.

Stephanie Kang, health equity director at MPHD, said, “As MPHD continues to fulfill its mission to advance health equity, the Health Equity Bureau will leverage the grant to support and sustain our workforce, modernize public health infrastructure and data systems to remove barriers to services, and build sustainable partnerships and community trust in immediate and future public health efforts.”

The grant is part of a $3.2 billion effort announced late last month aimed at strengthening the public health workforce and infrastructure.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

Does ‘choice’ mean we have no choice in Gov. Bill Lee’s Tennessee?

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St. Paul Senior Living Community celebrates Christmas season with 31st annual tree

STAFF REPORTS

Residents of St. Paul Senior Living Community in Green Hills are ready for Christmas with the arrival of their annual Christmas tree.

According to a news release, the 17-foottall Norway Spruce made the 348-mile journey to Green Hills from the mountains of Boone, North Carolina, and now stands tall (and decorated) in the senior living community’s lobby.

“The residents awoke on December 2nd to find their two story entrance filled with a fully decorated Christmas tree, continuing the thirty-one year tradition of decorating the community tree in the dead of night,” the news release reads.

“Not only is the surprise arrival a tradition, the ornaments get into the action

as well. Each year, a special ornament is hidden in the tree. Santa leaves a poem as a clue and residents complete to see who can solve the riddle by identifying the secret ornament first. Here is his clue for 2022:

Oft’ repeated by rote, this Shakespearean quote, If you know it, will aid you in my finding Scientific acclaim will not help to explain How my chores I keep busily minding.

But the Flowers in Spring, which my fervor helps bring Should I hurt you, is worth the reminding.”

The tree will remain in the St. Paul Senior Living Community lobby until New Year’s Day for residents and visitors to enjoy.

Five free and cheap family things to to in middle Tennessee

BY AMANDA HAGGARD

You might think the free and cheap events in Middle Tennessee would die down around the holidays, but you’d be wrong. We’ve got a couple food-centric events: This week the Nashville Public Library is hosting an event for budding chefs, and there’s a hike that ends with roasted marshmallows and hot cocoa. If you’re still in the holiday event mood, Winter Wonderland in Springfield will take you through a beautiful lights display either by foot or vehicle, and there’s an event for the holiday-tune lovers among thee. And, last, but not least, there’s an event in Murfreesboro for families whose kids may have asked for an exotic pet for Christmas.

As part of our series on free and cheap things to do with the family, here is our weekly roundup of places to spend time together over the next week:

WINTER WONDERLAND

Get one last look at the twinkling lights. This is the last week to head over to the City of Springfield’s free Winter Wonderland. The display includes thousands of lights and more than a dozen holiday scenes. This is the city’s 22nd year hosting Winter Wonderland at J. Travis Price Park — attendees can either drive or walk through the display from 5:30 to 9 p.m. each evening through Dec. 23.

KIDS FLAVOR LAB

On Dec. 22, budding bakers and chefs are invited to come to the Nashville Public Library’s Bordeaux Branch to make banana oatmeal cookies. The flavor labs incorporate fun and food literacy in an hourlong evening session where kids aged 6-12 can come and

practice their skills. Register ahead of time to make sure you get a space. If not, there are several more in January.

MARSHMALLOW HIKE

The Owl Hill Sanctuary has announced the rest of its annual Marshmallow Hikes. This is a great excuse to get outside in the cold weather: Take a hike with a guide and then enjoy some roasted marshmallows, hot chocolate and a fire. There are opportunities several days through the end of the year to enjoy this and the cost is $10.50 per hiker. There are hikes in the morning and early afternoon.

A SHAW FAMILY CHRISTMAS

This one is also a little more than free, but at $15 a person is not much for a family show around the holidays. SHAW, a six-piece sibling band, is coming to ring in Christmas with holiday classics, favorites and more at the Mockingbird Theater and Bar in Franklin.

MY PERFECT PET AT THE WILDERNESS STATION AT BARFIELD PARK

On Dec. 23, Wilderness Station in Murfreesboro is hosting an event to show kids what all goes into taking care of an exotic pet. They’ll go over basic needs for animals like snakes, turtles, and lizards and go through which animals make good pets and which do not. Some of the station’s personal exotic pets will be coming in for a special visit as well.

Lipscomb continues buying campusarea homes

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

Lipscomb University and RER Partnership are continuing their real estate transactions, with the former having paid the latter about $949,000 for a single-family home located near the campus.

According to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document, Lipscomb now owns property at 1103 Morrow Ave. RER paid $700,000 for the property in December 2015, Metro records show.

Lipscomb already owned properties located at 1110B, 1133 and 1135 Morrow Ave. and, adjacently, five properties at 4000 to 4020 Granny White Pike (spanning Morrow on the north to Maplehurst Avenue to the south).

The most recent deal comes about 10 weeks after Lipscomb spent a collective $1,387,775 for residential properties located at 3701 Ferndale Ave. and at 3712 Ferndale Ave. with RER the seller (read more here).

The Ferndale transactions follow an early September deal — also involving RER — in which Lipscomb paid a collective approximately $1.95 million for three freestanding single-family home properties, one on Belmont Boulevard and two on Grandview Drive.

That deal came about 2.5 weeks after Lipscomb paid RER about $1.9 million for a large property located at 4101 Belmont Blvd., to the immediate west of its campus.

RER Partnership includes multiple members of Nashville’s long-standing Church family. Register of Deeds documents note RER offers an address that is shared with Green Hills-based auto insurance company Church & Associates, led by Bruce Church.

Lipscomb has now paid a collective approximately $6.18 million for the properties it has acquired from the partnership.

Lipscomb officials were unavailable for comment regarding their long-term plans for the just-bought or previously acquired properties. Similarly, it is unclear if the university and RER will undertake additional future deals.

The Post was unable to determine if brokers were involved in the transaction.

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PAYS $4.18M FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN RADNOR

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

An entity affiliated with Nashvillebased businessman John Oman has paid about $4.18 million for a South Davidson County industrial building located near where he operates his construction software management company.

The address of the Radnor neighborhood property is 3721 Vulcan Drive.

According to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document, the seller was Jere Shelton, president of Package Products Company. That entity paid $72,450 for the property in 1984.

The local office of Marietta, Georgiabased Courier Express works from the building on the Vulcan Drive site, with Package Products Company, seemingly no longer in business, having also once operated at the building.

The new owner is Tennessee Development Company, led by Oman, president of Oman Systems Inc. The latter company — a spinoff entity of the defunct Oman Construction (founded by the late Jack Oman, John’s father) — operates at 3334 Powell Ave., across the Radnor railyard from the just-sold property.

Oman could not be reached for comment regarding his intentions for the building on Vulcan Drive. His Oman Powell Properties owns the property on Powell Avenue. Similarly, Courier Express officials could not be contacted.

The Post was unable to determine if brokers were involved in the transaction, the specific sales price for which is $4,186,000.

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AUSTIN COMPANY BUYS AGAIN IN NASHVILLE

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

An Austin-based company that has purchased multiple apartment properties in Nashville during the past few years has once again completed a transaction in the city, this time for $75 million.

GVA Property Management now owns Landmark at Wynton Pointe, located at 1000 Enclave Circle in South Davidson County, according to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document.

The seller was Greenwich, Connecticutbased Starwood Investment Group, which paid $32.39 million for the property in mid2013, Metro records note.

Opened in 1989, Landmark at Wynton Pointe offers 380 units in multiple threestory buildings. As such, the deal is the equivalent of about $197,400 per unit.

The purchase follows GVA’s in August having paid $64 million for garden-style apartment complex Landmark at Lyncrest Reserve in Bellevue.

GVA’s most recognized local property is perhaps Midtown apartment building 1818 Church, for which the company paid $35.5 million in June 2021.

The Post was unable to determine if brokers were involved in the most recent transaction.

TRANSWESTERN DEVELOPMENT LANDS PERMIT RELATED TO GREEN HILLS TOWER CONSTRUCTION

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

Houston-based Transwestern Development Company has landed a permit related to its construction of a 22-story mixed-use tower in Green Hills.

The issuing of the permit, valued at $8.22 million, follows Transwestern’s having paid $14.35 million for the property in August.

As the Post reported in February, Hillsboro Town Centre — construction on which is underway — will include retail and apartment spaces and rise on a 1.57-acre three-parcel site with addresses of 4094, 4100 and 4102 Hillsboro Pike.

Hoar Construction is the general contractor.

The site had been home to The Bradford Building, which accommodated multiple home decor and furnishings retail businesses

and is located adjacent to the retail strip accommodating Bluebird Cafe.

Hillsboro Town Centre will rise about 265 feet, thus being Green Hills’ tallest building if standing today. The current tallest is Vertis, which sits at the intersection of Hillsboro Pike and Richard Jones Road and stands 230 feet.

A document previously submitted to the Metro Planning Department notes 82 studio residential units, 110 one-bedroom units, 72 two-bedroom units and 10 three-bedroom units for Hillsboro Town Centre.

The local office of Kimley-Horn will provide land-planning and engineering services, with assistance from RaganSmith, I.C. Thomasson Associated Inc. (MEP), Structural Design (structural) and MaRS (interior design). Dunwoody, Georgia-based The Preston Partnership is the architect. The Preston Partnership has undertaken the design of various Nashville building and codesigned Adelicia in Midtown.

The project will be undertaken in Metro Councilmember Russ Pulley’s District 25.

Transwestern, which owns two suburban properties in the local market, ranks among the 20 largest (in terms of offices, employees, dollar amount of holdings and revenues — or some combination thereof) privately held commercial real estate firms in the United States.

SAN FRAN ENTITY PAYS $77M FOR WEST SIDE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

Hamilton Zanze now owns the 326-unit garden-style apartment complex at 865 Bellevue Road.

The seller was CF Bellevue Multifamily, a trust comprising Hamilton Zanze and New York-based Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm that provides investment banking services, prime brokerage and commercial real estate financing.

In April 2019, CF Bellevue Multifamily paid $56.65 million for the 1972-opened 865 Bellevue Apartments and $23.5 million for the Post Ridge Apartments at 595 Hicks Road.

The $77 million purchase price is the equivalent of about $236,200 per apartment. For comparison, the $56.65 million purchase price in 2019 is the equivalent of about $173,800 per apartment.

Denver-based Mission Rock Residential manages 865 Bellevue Apartments.

According to its website, Hamilton Zanze owns 132 properties in 17 states and 30 markets, with a collective 22,821 units.

The Post was unable to determine if brokers were involved in the transaction. According to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document, the seller was Jere Shelton, president of Package Products Company. That entity paid $72,450 for the property in 1984.

The local office of Marietta, Georgiabased Courier Express works from the building on the Vulcan Drive site, with Package Products Company, seemingly no longer in business, having also once operated at the building.

The new owner is Tennessee Development Company, led by Oman, president of Oman Systems Inc. The latter company — a spinoff entity of the defunct Oman Construction (founded by the late Jack Oman, John’s father) — operates at 3334 Powell Ave., across the Radnor railyard from the just-sold property.

A San Francisco-based apartmentfocused real estate investment company that had partial ownership of 865 Bellevue Apartments has paid $77 million to own the West Davidson County property in full.

According to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document, an LLC affiliated with

Oman could not be reached for comment regarding his intentions for the building on Vulcan Drive. His Oman Powell Properties owns the property on Powell Avenue. Similarly, Courier Express officials could not be contacted.

The Post was unable to determine if brokers were involved in the transaction, the specific sales price for which is $4,186,000.

HCA donates $1M to Musicians On Call

HCA Healthcare Inc. has announced it will donate $1 million to local nonprofit Musicians On Call.

Musicians On Call brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients, families and caregivers in health care environments.

According to a release, the money will fund the creation and launch of MOC’s online platform designed to enable the organization to reach more hospital patients and health care workers nationwide than would otherwise be the case.

MOC’s virtual and in-person programming are scheduled to be implemented in 16 HCA Healthcare hospitals across California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

To kick off the collaboration, patients and hospital staff at TriStar Centennial Medical Center were treated to a special live performance by Charles Esten, star of CMT’s Nashville and Netflix original series Outer Banks, this week. Esten visited patients in their rooms for private performances at the bedside. His visit marked MOC’s 10th event held at TriStar Centennial and the first inperson program since pandemic restrictions were put in place.

“We are excited to be working alongside Musicians On Call to bring their innovative live music programs to our facilities across the country,” Sam Hazen, chief executive officer of HCA Healthcare, said in the

release. “We pride ourselves on providing our patients and caregivers with a high quality experience inside our hospitals, and our expanded collaboration with Musicians On Call will help us to do that.”

Pete Griffin, MOC president and chief executive officer, said the platform technology would not be possible “without the support of funders like HCA Healthcare, whose belief in our mission is crucial in helping us on our path to the next million served.”

Since 2012, HCA Healthcare and the HCA Healthcare Foundation have given more than $200,000 to support MOC. HCA Healthcare facilities, including TriStar Centennial Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center and Sunrise Children’s Hospital, have hosted MOC Bedside programs for their patients and staff.

Additionally, HCA Healthcare has supported a number of special programs and initiatives including the annual Hope for the Holidays virtual concert experience and MOC’s 20th anniversary celebration. HCA Healthcare has colleagues who sit on MOC’s board of directors and advisory council, and who serve as volunteer guides and volunteer

musicians.

Musicians On Call began operations

in 1999 and has since helped more than 1 million people, the release notes.

PHOTO COURTESY OF LIPSCOMB ATHLETICS Lipscomb Soccer’s Noah Gulden

Lipscomb men’s soccer’s Gulden named First Team All-American

BY LOGAN BUTTS

A pair of Lipscomb Bisons were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-American teams over the weekend, adding to the team’s haul of postseason accolades after a historic season.

Graduate senior defender Noah Gulden earned a First Team All-American honor, while junior forward Tyrese Spicer landed on the Third Team.

Gulden is the first men’s soccer player and just the third athlete overall at Lipscomb to earn First Team All-American honors at the NCAA level, joining track and field athletes Shane Streich and Jonathan Schwind.

The Norway native led the ASUN Conference with 10 assists and anchored a defense that allowed a league-low 14 goals on his way to a second-consecutive First Team All-Atlantic Region honor and being named

the ASUN Defensive Player of the Year.

Gulden was also named a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, college soccer’s equivalent to the Heisman Trophy. He is the first player from Lipscomb to be named a semifinalist and just the second-ever from the ASUN.

Spicer, who also made the All-Region First Team, compiled four goals and seven assists for 15 total points on the season during his Third Team All-American campaign.

The duo were joined by ASUN Player of the Year Jelldrik Dallmann on the AllRegion First Team, while goalkeeper Michael Sibley and forward Hayes Wood made the Second Team. The Bisons coaching staff, led by Charles Morrow, was also named the Atlantic Region Staff of the Year.

Report: Lipscomb Academy targeting former Vols great as next head coach

BY MICHAEL GALLAGHER

The last time Lipscomb Academy hired a former NFL star as its head football coach, it worked out pretty well.

So why not go back to the well again?

According to a report from FootballScoop’s John Brice, the school is targeting ex-Dallas Cowboys tight end and former Tennessee Volunteers star Jason Witten as its next head football coach, replacing Trent Dilfer who recently left for the same position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

“Multiple sources in both Witten’s native Tennessee and in Texas told FootballScoop this week that Lipscomb officials already had flown to Dallas within the past week to meet with Witten about replacing Dilfer,” Brice said.

Witten, an 11-time Pro Bowl tight end and two-time first team All-Pro selection with the Cowboys, has been the head coach at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, Texas, since 2021.

The Warriors went 2-8 in his first year at the helm but improved to 10-2 and reached the second round of the TAPPS state playoffs in his second year. He was named the TAPPS District 1-5A Coach of the Year on Thursday.

Dilfer had a 43-10 record with two Division II-AA state championships. The Mustangs finished this season 13-0 and are the No. 14-ranked team in the country, according to MaxPreps.

Per Brice, Lipscomb Academy officials are expected to fly Witten to Nashville this week.

An Elizabethton native, Witten had a standout career at Tennessee, including a first team All-SEC selection in 2002. He left UT with the third-most receptions (68) and fourth-most receiving yards (797) by a tight end.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

Jon Robinson out after seven years as Titans GM

BY MICHAEL GALLAGHER

Forty-eight hours after the Tennessee Titans got embarrassed by their former star receiver A.J. Brown and the Philadelphia Eagles, the man who sent Brown to Philly is out of a job.

The Titans announced on Dec. 6 that General Manager Jon Robinson had been relieved of his duties, nearly 10 months to the day after signing him to a contract extension in February.

Ryan Cowden, who has served as Titans vice president of player personnel since 2018, will take over as interim GM for the remainder of the season, according to the team. Aaron Wilson of KPCR Houston reported that head coach Mike Vrabel is expected to have “significant power” over personnel decisions moving forward.

“Since becoming controlling owner in 2015, my goal has been to raise the standard for what is expected in all facets of our organization,” Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk said in a statement. “I believe we have made significant progress both on and off the field through investments in leadership, personnel and new ideas. This progress includes the core of our business, the football team itself, which is regularly evaluated both by results (wins and losses) and team construction/roster building.

“I am proud of what we have accomplished in my eight seasons of ownership, but I believe there is more to be done and higher aspirations to be met. I want to thank Jon for his dedicated work to set this organization on an upward trajectory. And I wish him and his family the best.”

Though Robinson brought the Titans back to respectability — as is evidenced by Tennessee’s .605 winning percentage (66-43 record) under his leadership including six winning seasons, four playoff appearances, back-to-back AFC South titles and an appearance in the AFC Championship game — he wasn’t without his faults.

Some of the biggest blunders of the Robinson era include swings-and-misses on multiple draft picks including Isaiah Wilson, Caleb Farley, Kevin Dodd and Rashaan Evans, whiffs on notable free agent signings like Vic Beasley and Jadeveon Clowney, and the Brown trade.

The Titans (7-7), losers of four straight, hold a one-game lead over the Jacksonville Jaguars (6-8) in the AFC South. Just one of their final three games is against a team with a winning record (Dallas, 10-4). The regular season finale will be against the Jaguars on Jan. 8 in Jacksonville.

THE UNHEALTH DEPARTMENT

The Unhealth Department, aka MetroNashville Department of Health who haven’t a clue about protecting its citizen from viruses in that one cannot walk into the Health Department and get a Corona vaccine. You have to make an appointment which is absurd when it comes to protecting the community. At 68yo and with some underline health issues I went to the department last Thursday to get a Corona Booster vaccine by WeGo in the pouring down rain and was told that I had to make an appointment. Public Health Departments are not private medical providers, they are agencies that should put the public’s health at the forefront, and no one should be turned away because they need an appointment especially when they are trying to protect their health as well as those within the community. Needless to say, I had no intention of scheduling an appointment when #1 I was already there, and #2 is what they’re full of with this outrageous policy. My transportation is solely by bus, and I therefore went to Charlotte Pike Wal-Mart and immediately got the booster without any delay. Maybe the city should give the responsibilities of protecting the public’s health to Wal-Mart because Metro-Nashville Department of Health is a Joke when it comes to that responsibility. I will never go there again!?

NASHVILLE’S STOLEN GUN ISSUE

“Guns stolen from vehicles hits record number in Nashville” Imagine that. Governor Drippy Faucet gives “law-abiding citizens” the right to open carry, and what do some idiots do? They leave their guns in their cars so thieves can steal them. DUH

It would be so much easier to mandate a carry permit law which means “carry on your person”, not leave in your car. Idiots can be educated, stupid is permanent. I have a carry permit that I took classes for. Eight hours and $75.00 is much cheaper than having your $500 or so gun stolen.

GOVERNOR, ALWAYS FOR THE CHILDREN?

The real problem with being a selfabsorbed glory boy isn’t the grandstanding, we are used to our Governor bragging like a country boy. No, it’s that people get hurt due to his negligence. Just skim the DCS audit

report released recently. Sad, pathetic and criminal are descriptive, after the reading of the details.

Our Tennessee conservative Governor let innocent life fester in the hallways of hospitals, this is where the state stuffed the children to live. Furthermore, the Governor’s staff at DCS placed our most vulnerable children in more dangerous situations.

Some of the kids were put in care and no investigation of sexual predatory conduct was conducted by DCS. Senator Blackburn has called less than that grooming. Is Governor Plaid Shirts paying attention to the children? Disgraceful.

Proud to be a Tennessean, not part of the hypocrisy we have with our ruling class. Governor, get off your victory tour and take care of the children. Remember, it’s not just the unborn, all lives matter. Peel off some of that Amazon or Titans handouts and get the children safe and protected.

CONGRESSMAN, PLEASE PASS THE ZIP TIES

If you are awake and have a pulse you are aware of the invasion and the assault on America. Not talking about the border where there was supposed to be a wall paid for by Mexico. And not talking about the Canadians that overstay their temporary work papers, three times the number of Mexican work overstays. No worries there.

Nope, reference here is to the January 6th tourist invasion and keep Trump in power plan. Turns out that we have a planner of the effort right in the New Nashville congressional delegation. It’s news that Congressman Green was texting the White House with all sorts of ideas relating to stopping the peaceful transfer of power. Now, that is man, a true patriot who doesn’t sit on his hands in time of attack on our Capitol and lawmakers. Representative Green was providing advice to the White House to keep the transfer from taking place. Wow, pass those zip ties.

How is it that Nashville is so lucky to have a real Constitutional patriot to represent the city? We are so lucky you have to cry.

MOMMY, WHY DO YOU TAKE ME TO THE DANCING SHOW?

Our Tennessee lawmakers are embarrassing our state again. And they

are preoccupied with sex one more time. A conservative go-to hot button for the base. The rural ruling party first solved our immense bathroom problem, then made sure to let Betty Sue Pigtails win her sports trophy, and lastly made forced pregnancy the law of the state. But there is much more we can demean people with, especially when sex is the topic.

Our white-haired country lawmakers now have drag performers in their gunsights. And as usual, the purpose of this attack is for the children. The State House Speaker wants to cancel drag entertainment where a child might be around. OK, first the opioid problem in rural Tennessee must be solved since these conservatives are in the cities looking for improvement areas. Seriously though there are so many widespread problems our lawmakers should address, but no, not this group.

Think about it, equal effort to eradicate racism, domestic violence, drugs, whitecollar crime, rural education lack of prophecies makes more kids safe? Maybe first they could rescue those DCS children neglected by the state out of harm’s way and into a safe environment. Just ticks me off.

I still want to know what God-fearing country mom is dragging their children into Nashville for a tea party drag show. The food isn’t that good.

TSA RAISING FINE FOR GUNS IN CARRY-ONS

So the TSA wants to raise the fine for people who (forgot) they packed their weapons in their carry-on bags. With the fines right now at $13,910, it doesn’t seem to have meant much to the person who (forgot) they packed the weapon. So now the TSA proposes raising the fine to $14,950, wow a whooping $1,040 dollars. Seem to me that if you can take a chance of having to pay a fine of $13,910 the extra $1,040 really doesn’t mean that much to you.

Hey TSA how about taking these violators right to jail and let them sit there while the govt. does a thorough background check. Everyone is aware of the rules set by TSA before boarding an airplane so there should be no excuse for any misunderstandings. Oh yes, that punishment plus the fine should be an additional reminder that guns aren’t allowed in carry on luggage.

NO TUBA CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR

For more than a decade the one show that is always got me in the Christmas spirit is Tuba Christmas presented at the First Baptist Church of Nashville. It consists of over 100 tubas playing Christmas carols and then the audience sings along the second time through. The different types of tubas are introduced as the oldest and youngest players in the band; last year they were 94 and 11 respectively. This year I did not get a chance to see the show. Even though I arrived 15 minutes prior to the first show, I was told that the auditorium was full and that nobody else could be accepted. I was the first of over 250 people turned away for that first show; the next show was 1 1/2 hours later. You see, the church in all its wisdom had built a new, smaller venue for the concert. In the past, the sanctuary was never full for either show, but for some reason the concert was moved. Perhaps someone thought it was sacrilegious to hold a tuba concert of Christmas carols praising God in the sanctuary? Whatever the reason, it inconvenienced over 500 people who just wanted to hear a happy show.

MONEY ON TREES

Ticked big time

An old adage “money don’t grow on trees.” I’m ticked that that was a true statement. If it were true President Biden and his political party could spend all the money that they actually do like it does grow on trees.

What has me ticked is they are spending my retirement savings; that didn’t grow on trees. I saved that money over many years for my retirement. He even wants me to pay for others loans. People that borrowed money to go to Harvard, Yale, Vanderbilt or wherever.

My suggestion is that all those that voted for his politics pay for those loans. That would be fair.

TICKED, TICKED, TICKED

Pimento Cheese Tartlets

BY EDIBLE NASHVILLE

These southern-inspired tarts by Registered Dietitian and chef Whitney Reist are the perfect starter for any holiday dinner

or party. Smokey homemade pimento cheese is dabbed with fruit preserves for a sweet salty bite.

ACROSS

T itle for Geraint or Gawain

“A Thousand ___” (1992 Pulitzer winner)

Doesn’t wax

Here, in Saint-Tropez

Feature of many a sit-in

Paper-saving invoice

Flurry of transcription errors Obsession with being published

Term of address for a young man

Biblical unit of weight

Venue with a tokenbased currency

Donkey ___

“Don’t reach for your wallet!”

PUZZLE BY JOHN HAWKSLEY

INGEDIENTS

½ cup Hellmann’s mayonnaise with olive oil

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon pepper

¼ teaspoon mustard powder

½ teaspoon sweet smoked paprika

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

2. In small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, salt, pepper, mustard powder, smoked paprika, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce. Add pimentos and stir well. Fold in grated cheese.

2 teaspoons hot sauce 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated 1 (4-ounce) jar diced pimentos, drained thoroughly 30 phyllo shell cups (2 packages)

cup strawberry fruit spread

3. Place phyllo tart shells on baking sheet. Add ½ teaspoon strawberry jam into the bottom of each shell. Top with a tablespoon of pimento cheese mixture. 4. Bake tartlets for 10 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Serve immediately.

SOCIAL

Symphony Ball Patron Party

BY BRENDA BATEY

PHOTOS BY BRENDA BATEY

The Symphony Ball Patron Party was held at the splendid home of Shaun and Gordon Inman, where guests enjoyed a wonderful evening to benefit the Nashville Symphony’s educational programs.

Shaun Inman and Sheila Shields were the Symphony Ball co-chairs and it was obvious they attended to every detail for the remarkable patron party, with the expert assistance of Amos Gott.

Symphony Ball patron party co-hosts, in addition to the Inmans and Sheila Shields, were Timothy Jude Pagliara, Dana and David Curtis, Wanda and George Buford Tomlin, Martha Ingram, Jennifer and Roger Lee Brown, Lynn and Kenneth Melkus, Diane and J. L. Holloway, and Sondra Morris.

Noted Nashville pianist, producer and composer Russ Davis performed for the cocktail hour and during dinner everyone enjoyed the music of the string quartet Reverie Strings.

Cocktails and varied appetizers were served in the Inman home, which was festively decorated with trees, wreaths and garland boasting tiny white lights. Gold bows and red bows trimmed in gold, along with numerous candles, helped to set the

lovely party mood.

Everyone moved to a clear tent for dinner. It was elegantly decorated with huge centerpieces using white roses, lilies, gardenias and evergreen sprigs.

The tableware was crystal glasses and white china with gold rims. The elegant tables were set using cloths with a gold pattern on white, and gold Chivari chairs held white cushions.

The wines, compliments of Grapevine Wine and Spirits, were Grgich Hills Chardonnay, Daou Cabarnet Sauvignon, and Feuillatte Brut Champagne.

Kristen Winston Catering served the delicious meal, which began with wild mushroom bisque, followed by a salad of microgreens, burrata cheese, roasted beets and pistachios, dressed with herb verjus vinaigrette.

The entrée was herb crusted Chilean sea bass, lemon roasted fingerling potatoes, broccolini, caramelized fennel, heirloom carrots, and fennel soubise.

And to end the evening on a high note, dessert was a wonderful mocha tart, with whipped ganache, mascarpone, shortbread crust espresso, and whipped cream.

Kelly and Jacob Unger

Frank and Julie Boehm

Reb and Shari Martin, and Julie and John Schneider

Symphony Ball Co-chair Sheila Shields, and patron party hosts Gordon Inman and Shaun Inman, who also served as a ball co-chair.

Lisa and John Campell, and Karyn Frist

Grogan Jewelry by Lon representatives Cameron Durnya, Travis Burdine, Adriana Hoover, and Rob Cornett were on hand to show their beautiful baubles.

SOCIAL

Ron Gobbell and Janet Kurtz

Carol and John Rochford, Jeff Leeper, Gordon Inman, and Kim Leeper

David Morgan and Janice Elliott Morgan

Ridley and Betsy Wills, and Elizabeth and Larry Papel

Richard and Robin Patton, Martha Ingram, and Sheila Shields

Barbara Bovender and Ashley Rosen

Michael and Sarah Mettee, Bill Andrews, Carol Yochem, and Lin Andrews

Elisabeth Sandberg, Leah Harwell, Lisa DeBartolo, and Karen Morgan

Bari Beasley, Tim Pagliara, and Sondra Morris

Vicki Horne, Dara Russell, and Mike Bussard

SOCIAL

Symphony Ball

BY BRENDA BATEY PHOTOS BY BRENDA BATEY

The beautiful 38th annual Symphony Ball was held at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center and chaired by Shaun Inman and Sheila Shields, with Martha Ingram as honorary chair.

Executive committee chair was Betsy Wills and Julie Boehm served as ball liaison.

Pam Carter, board chair of the Nashville Symphony, welcomed the guests and thanked them for their support. Symphony President and CEO Alan Valentine introduced the Harmony Award Recipient, Lady A.

The band is the winner of seven GRAMMY® Awards, eight ACM Awards, six CMA Awards, five CMT Awards, and numerous other recognitions. Lady A also was recognized for its equally impressive philanthropic endeavors, including serving orphans in Haiti, as well as needy children around the world.

Lady A is known for such hits as “I Run to You,” “Need You Now,” “Love Don’t Live Here,” and “Just A Kiss.”

Amos Gott designed the sublime ball, which was a vision in white. Huge bouquets centered the tables, filled with ivory roses, hydrangeas, lilies, and other gorgeous blooms. The tablecloths were pale blue on gold and the dinnerware was alabaster with gold rims. Silver Chiavari chairs held pale blue cushions.

Kristen Winston and her staff again turned out an amazing meal, which began with a salad of butter lettuce and Forelle pears. The entree was filet of beef with polenta, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, and carrots.

Dessert was S’mores Terrine, made with

rich chocolate creme brûlée, graham crumb, and toasted meringue creme Anglaise.

Robert Lipman selected and donated the wines, which were Sea Sun Chardonnay and Daou Napa Cabernet Sauvignon.

Following the performance by Lady A, everyone enjoyed dancing until after midnight to music by The Atlanta Allstars.

Members of the huge ladies’ committee included: Elizabeth Akers, Lin Andrews, Jean Bottorff, Barbara Bovender, Judith Bracken, Sylvia Bradbury, Cathy Brown, Barbara Burns, Laura Chadwick, Barbara Chazen, Starling Clark, Charlotte Cone, Barbara Daane, Ann Davis, Kate Ezell, Bernice Gordon, Carlana Harwell, Emily Humphreys, Cathy Jackson, Denice Johnson, Melissa Mahanes, Julie Malott, Ellen Martin, Hilda McGregor, Lynn Melkus, Karen Morgan, Elizabeth Papel, Pam Pfeffer, Delphine Roberts, Mary Frances Rudy, Anne Russell, Amy Jackson Smith, Perian Strang, Judy Turner, Joyce Vise, Nicki Weaver, Eleanor Whitworth, Sissy Wilson, Shirley Zeitlin, and many more.

Some on the gentlemen’s committee were: Barry Banker, Warner Bass, Lee Beaman, Earl Bentz, Frank Boehm, Jack Bovender, Denny Bottorff, Dean Chase, Tom Cigarran, Chase Cole, Lew Conner, Charles Elcan, Burton Elrod, Aubrey Harwell, David Ingram, Clay Jackson, Milton Johnson, Jay Jones, Walter Knestrick, Mark Lopez, David Morgan, Gerry Nadeau, Bond Oman, Larry Papel, Phil Pfeffer, Ken Roberts, Joe Russell, Brian Smallwood, Sam Strang, Russ Swanson, Steve Turner, Ming Wang, and Bill Wilson.

Nick and Connie Deidiker, and Kayla and Donnie Counts

Ball Co-chair Sheila Sheilds, Rachel Ailor, Jennifer Brown, and Ball Co-chair Shaun Inman

Richard Patton, Martha Ingram, and Robin Patton

Carolyn Campbell, Paul Norris, and Alberta Doochin

Ryan Lipscomb, Casey Chollet-Lipscomb, and Nancy and Mark Peacock

SOCIAL

Russell and Rachel Swanson

Rob Turner and Julie Schneider

Norm Scarborough, Kim Hewell, and Sharry and Mike Beard

Bob and Sue Mendes

Earl and Janet Bentz, Jason Bradshaw, Marci Houff, and Bob Deal

Thomas Barrett and Belinda Berry Daniel Hartley, Sam Carson, Brittany Ballou, Claire Pruitt, and Molly Sherrard

Winston and Dania Justice, Teresa Sebastian, and Steven Tunis

SOCIAL

Brittainy and Karl Sprules

Marye and Bill Lewis Hunter and Ashley Herring, and John and Julie Schneider

Bob and Susan Falk

Sarah Tomkinson, Tara Shirer, and Becca Lear

Laurie Seabury and Perian Strang Casey and Debra Reed Morgan and Jackie Karr

Todd and Sharon Sandal

Sam and Danielle Williams

Mandi Cane, Allie Reed, and Ivorin Jones

SOCIAL

Symphony Ball Late Party

BY BRENDA BATEY PHOTOS BY BRENDA BATEY

The Symphony Ball Late Party was held in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, where guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres on the lobby balcony.

Shaun Inman and Sheila Shields chaired the Symphony Ball and organized all the events associated with it, including the kickoff, patron party, late party and the ball itself.

Amos Gott, of AmosEvents, orchestrated the party design with the co-chairs, and wine and spirits were provided by Lipman Brothers.

Music was by DJ Rome of Louis Lee Entertainment.

Kristen Winston Catering set up stations for delicious heavy hors d’oeuvres, which offered beef tenderloin on fresh baked rolls, pecan crusted chicken skewers with apricot ginger sauce, grilled brie and fig panini, and a mezze display with fresh vegetable crudités, cheeses, tomato, basil and fresh mozzarella skewers, hummus, spinach dip, breadsticks, and flatbread.

Delicious sweets were cappuccino brownies and white chocolate cranberry almond cookies.

Later the younger guests moved down to the balconies of the Laura Turner Concert Hall, where the main ball was being held, to hear the band Lady A, which was honored with this year’s Harmony Award. Each year, the Nashville Symphony presents this award to individuals who embody the harmonious spirit of Nashville’s musical community.

The country music ensemble was formed in Nashville in 2006 and is composed of Hillary Scott, (lead and background vocals),

Charles Kelley (lead and background vocals, guitar), and Dave Haywood (background vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin).

Following the Lady A performance, everyone enjoyed dancing until after midnight to music by The Atlanta Allstars, which travels with about a dozen pieces including rhythm and horn sections, and three vocalists.

The lead singer, Darren Leslie, has performed with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Kool & The Gang, The Temptations, Debbie Gibson and Jewel. Leslie wrote the song “Yes We Can,” which was performed at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Late Party co-chairs were: Rachel and J.J. Ailor, Ashley Alexander, Camille and Aaron Barrett, Katie and Tyler Campbell, Kayla and Donnie Counts, Olivia and Preston Dial, Sarah and Bobby Short, and April and Ford Tomlin.

Committee members included: Lauren and Wilson Johnson, Shawn Johnson, Andrew East, Virginia Ingram, Chris Garchitorena, Mariel and Bucky Ingram, Lizzie Hogan, Mark Bryant, Katherine and Trey Harwell, Kallie and Jud Goldman, Maggie and Will Finn, AJ and Todd Falk, Mallory Ervin, Kyle DiMeola, Ruth and Craig Bailey, Tiffany and Nate Bard, Allison Lambert, Jessica and Adam Ravenelle, Mollie and Jeff Reed, Jacob Tudor, Kaitlin White, Christopher Jones, Allie Reed, Sam Garza, Jessica and Amzie Williams, Chip Wilkison, Hannah and Drake Taylor, Jessalyn and Mario Trujillo, and Bette and Tee Stumb.

Clifford McWilliams and Elizabeth Holland Mark Bryant and Erin Puryear

Maggie Siller and Bradley Busenius

Lin Chang, Krystal Clark, and Rachel and JJ Ailor

Jake Tudor, Tracy Page, and Elizabeth Banas

Ellie Buell, Rachel Brown, and Millie Holliday

Hannah Strei and Amanda Bell

SOCIAL

April Barnado and Lee Wheless

Meg Jarratt and Shawn Massey

Whitney Dursteler, Ben Jasek, and Hilary McCormick

Rachel Stover and Kathryn Bennett

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